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Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
Part III : Captivity #Section VI : Relations between prisoners of war and the authorities #Chapter III : Penal and disciplinary sanctions #III. Judicial proceedings
ARTICLE 102Database 'IHL - Treaties & Comments', View 'COMART'

    A prisoner of war can be validly sentenced only if the sentence has been pronounced by the same courts according to the same procedure as in the case of members of the armed forces of the Detaining Power, and if, furthermore, the provisions of the present Chapter have been observed.

 
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